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28-Nov-2017 17:42 by 4 Comments

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Some online dating sites, such as e Harmony, use match-making algorithms, in which users complete a battery of personality measures and are then matched with “compatible” mates.A review by Eli Finkel and colleagues found no compelling evidence that these algorithms do a better job of matching people than any other approach.

For more on the challenges of online dating, see my earlier post: I found it to be a nightmare, A endless parade of bad dates ( most of which are creepy ) with one OK date,then to never hear from that person again.

Online dating is increasingly popular, and yet misinformation about the industry abounds.

Let’s examine four common myths, and why they're wrong: 1. There is a widespread belief that dating sites are filled with dishonest people trying to take advantage of earnest, unsuspecting singles.

So, the findings on longevity are somewhat mixed, with the larger study suggesting that online couples are better off.

Either way, hardly evidence that online relationships are doomed to failure.

In a study commissioned by dating site e Harmony, Cacciopo and colleagues surveyed a nationally representative sample of 19,131 American adults who were married between 20.

Over one-third of those marriages began with an online meeting (and about half of those occurred via a dating website). Couples that met online were significantly likely to get divorced or separated than those who met offline, with 5.96% of online couples and 7.67% of offline couples ending their relationships.

you lost me as soon as you refinanced ( - there are lairs, damn lairs, and last but not least are statistician's ) information from e harmony really? I'm sure there impartial and not prejudiced in there fact gathering ( sarc) I've used a couple of dating sites (Ok Cupid and now Coffee Meets Bagel).

Fortunately I had no bad experiences and was always careful and wary the first dates.

The data set used in that paper is publicly available, and my own re-analysis of it confirmed that if the analysis had controlled for sexual orientation, there would be that couples that met online were less likely to eventually marry.

The statistics behind the finding that the couples that met online were more likely to break up do hold up to scrutiny, but these results are certainly not the last word given the small sample of only 280 couples that met online, as compared to more than 6,000 in the study by Cacioppo and colleagues.

This time, I decided to tell her about Coffee Meets Bagel and she freaked out warning me about possible rapists and giving me a lesson on human trafficking.